“It’s not so much about gaming Facebook’s algorithm or working with the Facebook changes as much as it is taking advantage of Facebook as a truly social platform.”
Rather than pay $180 a year to kvetch on site, readers headed for social networks. Says the editor: “In fact, the very point was to get them, and these comments, off my pages.”
Plus: A dispute over how much emphasis to place on new media skills in journalism training, the debut of The Daily Dot, the death of the Fairness Doctrine, more News Corp. hubbub, and what rarity means in an age of information abundance. Mark Coddington
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: NPR at a crossroads, hyperlocal’s personal issue, and keeping comments real." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Mar. 2011. Web. 25 Apr. 2024.
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Coddington, M. (2011, Mar. 11). This Week in Review: NPR at a crossroads, hyperlocal’s personal issue, and keeping comments real. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/this-week-in-review-npr-at-a-crossroads-hyperlocals-personal-issue-and-keeping-comments-real/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: NPR at a crossroads, hyperlocal’s personal issue, and keeping comments real." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 11, 2011. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/this-week-in-review-npr-at-a-crossroads-hyperlocals-personal-issue-and-keeping-comments-real/.
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